puts on track not just for a labour government, but a majority labour government, so this is hugely significant for the labour party. thousands of miles away, the prime minister, at a commonwealth meeting in rwanda, sought to brush off the defeats. yes, it s absolutely true that we ve i had some tough by election results and they have been i think- a reflection of a lot of things, but we have got to recognise that voters are going through a tough time at the moment. but the tory party chairman oliver dowden has resigned saying, we cannot carry on with business as usual . we ll bring you all the latest. and our other major story this evening: a decision that s rocked america its supreme court votes to outlaw a woman s legal right to abortion, causing despair and delight. it s so vindicating to know we can take tangible steps to lessen the violence of abortion. take tangible steps to lessen the violence of abortion. abortions will continue but violence of abortion. abo
is a dancer you think that will be enough? there is a danger with you think that will be enough? there is a danger with by-elections - you think that will be enough? there is a danger with by elections that you extrapolate the wrong answers from it you extrapolate the wrong answers from it a you extrapolate the wrong answers from it. a lot of people xar about climate from it. a lot of people xar about climate policy issues that are there for labour climate policy issues that are there for labour and conservative to get and polling tells us people still care about the issues. you can hang your hat care about the issues. you can hang your hat on care about the issues. you can hang your hat on we were successful trying your hat on we were successful trying to your hat on we were successful trying to stop ulez. whether that is enough trying to stop ulez. whether that is enough for trying to stop ulez. whether that is enough for rishi sunak to give himself enough for r
for everything from net zero to crime to immigration, the red wall, the blue wall and to what extent these three constituency results might spell the end for the government next year or indeed offer some hope in the shape of uxbridge and south ruislip. good evening. we now have the answer to a question people have been asking for months would the conservatives dire poll numbers be repeated in real voting? yes. and actually it may have been marginally worse. the tories were 18% behind labour in recent polling but, according to pollster sirjohn curtice, their vote was down 21% in yesterday s three by elections. there were some crumbs of comfort, mainly holding on to borisjohnson s old seat, uxbridge and south ruislip, disappointing for labour. and the tory chairman was quick
and nick is back with more. there is great happiness in the labour party of that win in selby and ainsty. but there are worries about their failure to win uxbridge. keir starmer said there is a clear culprit, that is the ulez car charge thatis culprit, that is the ulez car charge that is due to be extended at the end of august. now, he told me that sadiq khan, the mayor of london, the labour mayor, who took that decision should reflect on that. as i understand it, there is an initiative being looked at by labour, that there are labour mps in those london seats, labour candidates in those areas and labour candidates in those areas and labour candidates outside london who have to have a relationship with london. they are planning to go and see sadiq khan and they are going to say to him, please will you pause this extension of this charge to outer london? they are going to say this
bear the danger of a falling into salma s hear trap the danger of a falling into salma s bear trap and extrapolating too much, bear trap and extrapolating too much, the ulez thing, is there a sort much, the ulez thing, is there a sort of much, the ulez thing, is there a sort of political risk area for parties sort of political risk area for parties here in the sense that people parties here in the sense that people like talking about green issue. people like talking about green issue, they like the idea of tackling issue, they like the idea of tackling them, but when it comes to paying tackling them, but when it comes to paying for tackling them, but when it comes to paying for them, it could be a trickier paying for them, it could be a trickier issue. does that cut through trickier issue. does that cut through at all or do you think still it is very through at all or do you think still it is very localised greater london type thing? i it is very localised greater l